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Beauty and the Beast song to be performed by Ariana Grande and John Legend on the Disney live-action soundtrack

ARIANA Grande and John Legend will sing a duet on the Beauty and the Beast soundtrack

By Hanna Flint

Thursday, January 12, 2017

Ariana Grande and John Legend will perform a duet of "Beauty and the Beast" for the Disney live action remake's soundtrack [Getty]

The Grammy-award winning singers are set to sing the titular song from Disney's live-action remake.

The song, which in was originally sung by Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Potts in the animated feature, had been released as a duet by Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson in 1991.

It's unclear if Grande and Legend's version will be releasing it as a single but there will be a music video.

Grammy-winning veteran Ron Fair is producing the song and confirmed the news on Wednesday.

"Stepping into the shoes of an Oscar and GRAMMY Award-winning classic is not small potatoes," Fair said, adding that the new version will show "the soulfulness and power of what a great melody and lyric can inspire."

The original motion picture soundtrack will include the original songs written by Menken and Ashman as well as three new songs written by Menken and and three-time Oscar winner Tim Rice.

Disney's Beauty and the Beast soundtrack will be released by Walt Disney Records on March 10.

The film stars Emma Watson and Dan Stevens as the title characters, with Emma Thompson, Ewan McGregor, Sir Ian McKellen and Gugu Mbatha-Raw in the supporting cast.

As Thompson is taking over the role of Mrs Potts, one can assume she'll be singing "Beauty and the Beast" in the film.

Emma Watson sings "Belle" in the new Beauty and the Beast trailer [Disney]

We've already heard Emma's singing voice, which was last featured in the latest trailer.